Italy’s prime minister has said she does not see a world in which Italian troops would be deployed to Ukraine – either as peacekeepers or in any other capacity.
Speaking after Giorgia Meloni attended the UK’s “coalition of willing” meeting on Ukraine, the government released a statement saying she “confirmed that Italy intends to continue working with European and Western partners and with the United States to define credible and effective security guarantees”, but that she reiterated that “national participation in a possible military force on the ground is not envisaged”.
Reports from earlier in the week suggested the Italian leader would completely snub yesterday’s virtual call, but Downing Street later confirmed she joined.
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